🌱 Pedestrian Dies In River Forest Hit-And-Run + Unity Temple Flood

Good morning, OPRF! In today's Daily, an Oak Park resident gets a shout-out from a U.S. president and a long-running local tournament gets underway. Let's get to it!

First, today's weather: Mostly sunny and pleasant. High: 83 Low: 67.

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Here are the top 3 stories today in Oak Park-River Forest:

1. An Elmwood Park man died this week from injuries sustained in a River Forest hit-and-run. Lamont Beverly was struck and injured July 10 at the intersection of Harlem Avenue and Lake Street. He died after two weeks in critical condition at Loyola University Medical Center. (Wednesday Journal)

2. The basement of Unity Temple was damaged during a flood July 23, the Wednesday Journal reports. The historic and recently renovated building remains open for services and events. (Wednesday Journal)

3. The “No Glove Nationals” 16-inch Softball Tournament is underway in Forest Park. The 54th annual event runs through Sunday at the Park District. Several players were inducted into the Chicago 16-inch Softball Hall of Fame earlier this week. (Axios)

Today in Oak Park-River Forest:

• Browse the succulent and cacti sale at Oak Park Conservatory. (10 a.m.)
• Make a mirror mosaic at Dole Center. (10 a.m.)
• Family Game Day in Thatcher Woods. (2 p.m.)
• Glow in the Dark Teen Skate Night at RCRC. (6 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• In case you missed it: a Berywn school board member has resigned after using a racial slur. (CBS)
• Hometown author Jessamine Chan’s “The School for Good Mothers” was featured on President Barack Obama’s summer reading list this week. (Instagram)
• Local churches expect the renaming process for the newly combined parish communities to extend into September, according to pastor Fr. Carl Morello. (Bulletin)
• Tomorrow is the deadline to apply for the Rotary Club’s student enrichment grant. (OPRFCF)

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You're all caught up for today! See you tomorrow for the last Daily of July.

— Georgi Presecky

About me: Georgi is a Chicago-based newsletter writer and partner content curator. She spent five years on the entertainment beat for FF2 Media covering film festivals across the U.S. Her feature articles have been recognized with awards from the Illinois Women's Press Association and National Federation of Press Women. As editor-in-chief of the Lewis University newspaper, she and her staff earned honors from the Associated Collegiate Press and American Scholastic Press Associations. She began working for Patch in 2019.